VIDEO: Gear to Get with Brian Brawdy - Xantrex PROwatt SW Inverter Series

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our E-mail Digest or RSS Feed. We will then send you the stories that are posted each day in an e-mail digest. We use a service called Feedburner for delivery of these emails. You will receive an e-mail from Feedburner after you subscribe and you must click on that email to activate your subscription. Thanks for visiting and enjoy all the information! RV.Net Blog AdminStarting my second year as a full time RVer and boondocker, I needed to find a better way of accessing power. In that I’ve used my six solar panels and wind turbine to capture those natural enegies and store it in my six 100 AMP Kinetik Power Cells, I needed to learn how to let the genie out of the bottle. In searching for an affordable soultion to supply portable AC power for all my electric devices including video and still cameras, computers, cellphones, Duracell backup batteries and iPods, I turned to Xantrex. I first learned of Xantrex when I installed the RS3000 Sine Wave Inverter/Charger and C Series Charge Controller on the Green RV. In this video you will learn about the new Xantrex PROwatt SW Sine-Wave Inverter Series. _______ To learn more about Conservation thru Exploration and Greening your RV, visit BrianBrawdy.com Tell a Friend Read More →

Step One in an RV Makeover

For over 16 months now I have lived full-time in my Lance Camper. 48 States and an odometer pushing 70,000 miles gave me a personal best. With a wee bit of celebration in mind, and to kick off the Summer of ’09, I wanted to treat myself right so I turned to Thetford. There is something about a porcelain toilet. Now, if you’ve never spent a year and a half on a factory installed plastic one, you’re probably thinking, “it’s not all that big of a deal.” Well, for me it was time for an upgrade, and a state-of-the-art one at that. Now when Nature calls I’ll be answering with a new toilet. Read more Tell a Friend Read More →

Energy efficient RV cooling!

Here are some Energy efficient A/C cooling and a few hints and things I’ve done in setting my 5’er up for the long hot dog days of summer. Now I may be gone during some of this time, but the 5’er will remain cooler! The rear of my 5’er sat facing the west and the afternoon sun. What I did here is to as Reflectix to the rear windows facing the afternoon sun. Before I put this on I noticed the window itself was pretty hot and it was only in the mid 80’s! Once I put the Reflectix up it made quite a bit of difference! Now the biggie and yep another real big time money saver! Being in the valley or anywhere where it’s over 100 like it got there some days for several days on end. I only had the one Carrier Air V that came with the 5’er. 13,500 BTU A/C was NOT enough for that kind of heat. I knew eventually I’d have to ad another A/C. I did my research as usual and went the unconventional route (as I usually do). Another RV type A/C added over the bedroom would run after cost and install around $900 to $1,0000. After extensive research AND with great apprehension I bought a Amcor KF 9000E portable A/C at Home Depot for just at $300. I had heard these things were noisy and didn’t work well so I figured I could take it back if I had to, but also had read raving reports too. Let me tell you this thing WORKS! It is QUIET! A 9000 BTU A/C that really pumps out the cold air and runs on only 7.9 amps and 830 watts!. Roof top A/C’s usually run around 1800 watts! The drawback... Read more

Interesting new product

Anytime I travel in the motorhome I take an LCD projector with me.  I do this for several reasons.  First, I use the projector in my work to give seminars on electrical safety.  Second, I use the projector for viewing my photos.  Third I like to project movies on the side of my motorhome for friends and family to enjoy, and finally, once a year the group I camp with gets together to watch the Ohio State Buckeyes play the Penn State Nittany Lions and we use the projector to view the football game on a large screen. I recently became aware of a new product on the market that attracted my interest.  The Benq Joybee GP1 Mini Projector.  On the surface this is a very clever tool, weighing in at 1.4 lbs. and fitting in the palm of your hand. Read more Tell a Friend Read More →

VIDEO: Gear to Get with Brian Brawdy - Eton’s NOAA Radios

If “April Showers bring May Flowers” then “The Heat of Summer brings more than Thunder.” Summer brings violent weather. Period. Thunderstorms, lightning strikes, hailstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes, heat waves and flash flooding are the prices we pay for warm, sunny days. What turns violent weather deadly, most times, is when it catches us unexpectedly. When we are unaware of a forecasted storm, our chances of weathering that storm diminish greatly. Unfortunately, summertime is, most likely, the time we will be out and about, vacationing, traveling, RVing, boating, cycling and away from our normal shelters and weather media outlets. Getting caught off guard while your on the road is never smart. Away and unaware is the perfect recipe for misfortune. One of the pieces of gear I always carry with with me is either my Solarlink FR360 or the Microlink FR150 from the Eton Corporation. These portable, powerful AM/FM/NOAA Weather radios are the perfect solution to getting caught with your guard down. It’s the “smartest” radio I know. My “bad-weather-crystal-ball” I like to say. In this short video you will learn why it is one of my Top Ten pieces of gear and how to never again worry about the impromptu characteristics of Mother Nature. For more information on the products highlighted in this video, visit EtonCorp.com or CampingWorld.com ______ To learn more about summer survival tips, visit BuriedLogic.com Tell a Friend Read More →

VIDEO: Expanding Your Vision with Voyager Camera Systems

With the growing number of people and RVers taking to the open road this summer, I needed to be able to maneuver my Lance Camper in a safe and secure a way as possible. When I turned to the folks at Voyager to help me in this endeavor they really did expand my vision, as you will soon see. ______ To learn more about Conservation thru Exploration and Greening your RV, please visit BrianBrawdy.com Tell a Friend Read More →

Product Reviews - Camp Tables

If you’re going camping you have take a table along with you. In this segment the “RV Today” crew introduces you to some different size tables for every situation. Note the price of these products may have changed since the taping of this segment. 5’ Fold-in-Half Table Quick Fold Cafe Table Original Quick Fold Tables Personal Table Roll-up Table Wood Folding Table Bag Table Tell a Friend Read More →

VIDEO: Green Tips and Technologies from The Rally

When we think of Going Green and RVing lightly on our environment, it’s easy to be distracted by flashy solar panels, spinning wind turbines and vogue terms like biodiesel and proper inflation of tires. This week at The Rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico I was reminded of the things that we can do inside of our RVs that are just as Green. In this video I learned of cutting edge technologies that can help us save energy and our environment as well. Join me as I interview Mary Burrows from Thetford and Tom Long from Jirah. ____ To learn more about Conservation thru Exploration and Greening your RV, please visit BrianBrawdy.com Tell a Friend Read More →

On the map… Wrap it!

Click Here For Velcro Wrap info I have found the 3/4″ the best suited for most stuff. Also great for your water hoses and things like that as well. Tony (aka Firedude) Tell a Friend Read More →

VIDEO: Gear to Get with Brian Brawdy - SPOT

As an RV enthusiast and Explorer, there is one piece of gear that I always have on my dash and in my pack. The SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger lives up to the saying, ‘Big things come in little packages.’ This 7-ounce unit is packed full of innovative technology that keeps you connected with others regardless of cellular coverage (or the lack thereof). SPOT is the world’s first Satellite GPS Messenger that can send your location and status message to others from virtually anywhere in the world, no matter where you find yourself, on the road or off the beaten path. Read more Tell a Friend Read More →

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